ADR Prof Blog

Once in a while a job posting in the ADR world catches our eye.  That’s the case here, and it is a big one – the Executive Director of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section.  Part of the job posting is below, but go here for the full posting.  As I mentioned earlier, Kim Knight is stepping down for a position at [...]

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Every other year or so, I try to attend the International Association of Conflict Management (IACM) annual meeting to keep up to date on what is going on in other related fields.  The meeting is very high powered–some of the best known names in the conflict resolution field in business schools, econ departments, public policy, [...]

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The University of Tennessee College of Law is hosting a conference on October 2, 2010 to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of its James L. Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law, A Multidisciplinary Event: Behavior and Business Law.   One of the workshops focuses on ADR and Economics/Behavioral Science and features Barbara Black, University of Cincinnati College of [...]

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One of today’s headings on the front page of the Columbus Dispatch stated that a mediator reinstated an officer who had been caught driving 149 mph on his motorcycle (off duty). Here is the online story (slightly different headline):
149-mph officer wins his job back
Mediator: It wasn’t proved that he abused his position
Wednesday, [...]

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FINRA’s Investor Education Foundation recently has awarded grants to four law schools (Howard, Pepperdine, Florida International and Suffolk) to start Investor Advocacy law school clinics (securities arbitration) in law schools located outside of New York.    See Press Release, here.  Currently, approximately 14 law schools operate securities/investor rights clinics, but most are in the New York metropolitan area.   As a result [...]

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